Holiday Homework - Summer Vacation

Summer is synonymous with fun, fiestas and far-off places to explore! As you enjoy yourself, make summer time more productive with the following guidelines:

• Help your parents/grandparents/guardians with daily chores around the house and spend quality time with them.
• Reflect on what has been, and, what lies ahead. Begin a diary this summer or add a new entry to your existing diary listing down your personal goals.
• Ask yourself where you want to be twenty years down the line and do a fish bone analysis to identify the milestones which will help you achieve that dream.
• Spread newspaper sheets on your balcony/verandah and keep a bowl of water / grains out for the birds every day.
• Learn to write a cheque this summer and ask your parents about different types of bank accounts – savings, current, recurring, fixed deposit etc.
• Ask your helpers if they have children younger than you whom you can teach basic Arithmetic, English and Hindi.
• Learn to cook at least one new dish this summer
• Return and share your experiences with your peers.

A)    The following lessons have been covered in class before the summer vacation. Kindly ensure that the notebook work is complete as indicated below:

            Poem 01: A Photograph

(Vocabulary, poetic devices, summary and homework assigned on May 22, 2019 - i.e. Q1-7 on pg. 12 of your textbook)

CH01: The Portrait of a Lady

(Homework assigned on May 22, 2019-05-30 i.e.

Q.1. Why is the story titled 'The Portrait of a Lady'?

Q.2. How was the village school different from the city school?

Q.3. When did the common link of friendship between the grandmother and grandson snap and what was the turning point in their relationship?

Q.4. Do you think the grandmother was lonely? Justify your stance with evidences from the lesson.

Q.5. Trace the changes in the author's relationship with his grandmother from their time in the village to the final chapter of her life.)

            CH02: We’re Not Afraid to Die

                        (From Pg. 18 of your textbook, attempt:

Q1 from ‘Understanding the text’, Q1 – 3 from ‘Talking about the text’)   

            Poem 02: The Laburnum Top

                        (Poetic devices, summary, homework: Pg. 32: Q1 to Q5 from ‘Think it Out’)

B)    RTC QUESTIONS FOR POETRY:

A Photograph

1)      Some twenty – thirty years later... ease of loss

a.       When did the poetess first see the photograph?

b.      Who were Betty and Dolly?

c.       Which two pasts have been mentioned in these lines?

d.      Why are these memories ‘wry with the laboured ease of loss’?

2)      Now she’s been... silence silences

a.       Who is the ‘she’ in the above lines?

b.      How many years have gone by since ‘she’ has been dead?

c.       Why is the poetess left silent when thinking of this circumstance?

Laburnum Top

1)      Till the goldfinch comes... identity mask

a.       How does the goldfinch’s arrival change the tree?

b.      What is meant by ‘the engine of her family’?

c.       Whom does the goldfinch represent?

2)      Then with eerie... subsides to empty

a.       How is the sound of the goldfinch different in these lines?

b.      Which types of imagery have been used in these lines? Quote the relevant words.

c.       The goldfinch flies off but the family is still in the nest. Then why do you think the poet use the word ‘empty’ rather than ‘silent’?

C)    GRAMMAR: Attempt the following grammar tasks in your notebook. You need not copy the questions. Write only the answer number and the correct answers. Use the heading ‘Holiday Homework’ in the index:

Omission:                                                                   Before             Missing                Next

Back in the 16^th century, children baptised,               a) ________  ________          ________

that is, they were blessed given their Christian          b) ________  ________          ________

names church, three days after birth. According        c) ________  ________          ________

to historical records his baptism, Shakespeare’s         d) ________  ________          ________

birthday is assumed by us be April 23, 1564 in          e) ________  ________          ________

Stratford-on-Avon. Stratford is town in England      f) ________  ________          ________

situated on bank of the river Avon. This is why         g) ________  ________          ________

Shakespeare is often called the Bard Avon                h) ________  ________          ________

The word bard means a poet – but Shakespeare was a more!                                                                 i) ________  ________           ________

Editing:                                                                                  Incorrect        Correct

Shakespeare begin his journey as an actor,                 a)         __________    __________

turned through a poet and earned his true                  b)         __________    __________

reputation as a playwright. He living in the                c)         __________    __________

times of Queen Elizabeth or King James.                  d)         __________    __________

This period in history is described as a                       e)         __________    __________

golden age of English literature. His soon                  f)         __________    __________

became the world’s more pre-eminent                       g)         __________    __________

dramatist and some of the many prolific                       h)         __________    __________

writer of his times. Even today, he remains                i)          __________    __________

the writer most rarely translated into other                 j)          __________    __________

languages.

Reordering of jumbled words into a meaningful sentence:

a)      penned / long poems / miscellaneous / has / Shakespeare / 38 plays, / and some other / down / 154 sonnets, two / work

b)     ‘Lord Chamberlain’s Men’ and / group / to ‘The King’s Men / were called / were later / Shakespeare and his / renamed

c)      his fellow actors / Globe Theatre / their plays / Shakespeare and / built / the / to showcase

d)     gem / 52^nd birthday / on 23^rd April 1616, / his / lost this / the world 

e)      remains! / curse anyone / gravestone / famous: / even the words / have become / who dares to / on his / I / disturb my

Gap-filling:

a) _________ father John was a glove-maker and a hatter. His mother Mary b) _______ a landowner’s daughter. They c) _______ eight children of d) _______ Shakespeare was the third. Here’s what’s strange - Shakespeare e) ________ to a local grammar school and received only basic education. f) _______, he polished his skills with constant and thorough practice. Students, the g) _______ time you pick up a pen to create something beautiful - a poem or story, remember that practice h) _______ perfect!

a) i) Shakespeare         ii) Shakespeares’         iii) Shakespeare’s        iv) Shakespearean

b) i) is                          ii) had been                 iii) being                      iv) was

c) i) were                     ii) had                          iii) were having           iv) had been

d) i) which                   ii) who                         iii) whose                     iv) whom

e) i) was going             ii) went                        iii) go                           iv) had gone

f) i) Furthermore         ii) However                 iii) Moreover               iv) Consequently

g) i) other                    ii) another                    iii) only                        iv) next

h) i) is making             ii) makes                      iii) will make               iv) can make